We help employment agencies get clients into meaningful and sustainable work. Quickly.
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The Journey
First Workshop to integrate 'The Hero’s Journey’
The first ’Strategic Career Planning’ workshop is run, which integrates the Hero's Journey motif as described by Joseph Campbell
Collaboration with Dr. Will Schutz
Steve works with Will Schutz, founder of FIRO Theory and author of Joy, The Human Element, and more
The Implicit Career Search (ICS) is developed
The first ICS workshops are designed, developed, and delivered to clients
First ’Implicit Career Search Train the Trainer’ is held
ICS is delivered in Vancouver and Kelowna, followed by many other communities
First Implicit Leadership program is delivered
SAK Theatre Company of Orlando, Florida runs the first program, followed by Max Burgers of Sweden in 2007 and Brentwood Bay Resort of Victoria BC in 2013
First study of results is delivered by Cambie Group, Vancouver
The study is supported by Human Resources Development Canada and BC Ministry of Education, Skills and Training
ICS is translated into French, Spanish and Dutch
The program is delivered throughout Europe
Online Programs are developed
Career Hero and Working On Purpose are developed to deliver ICS online
Working On Purpose and Career Hero are delivered to clients globally
Today, ICS programs continue to expand across the globe both in-person and online, helping all types of individuals create purposeful, impactful careers.
“A hero ventures forth from the world of common day into a region of supernatural wonder: fabulous forces are there encountered and a decisive victory is won: the hero comes back from this mysterious adventure with the power to bestow boons on his fellow man.”
Joseph Campbell
Our team
To accomplish this, Steve has:
- Created The Implicit Career Search (ICS): A purpose-based career planning approach offered in group and online formats throughout North America and Europe.
- Published two books: Profoundly Simple Career Planning and We Work!
- Developed two online versions of ICS: Career Hero and Working on Purpose.
- Adapted ICS for corporate environments through The Implicit Leadership Program.
In addition to these achievements, Steve has:
- Earned the titles of Master Human Element Practitioner (Will Schutz Associates, San Francisco, CA) and Master Counseling Therapist (Association of Cooperative Counseling Therapists).
- Completed training as a Practitioner of Organizational Behaviour (University Associates, San Diego, CA).
- Delivered 'Seven Habits of Effective People' workshops as a certified facilitator.
- Been designated a Master Trainer in Integra Protocol, an energy therapy process developed by Vladimir Stojakovic of Sydney, Australia.
With over 35 years of experience, Steve has mastered the arts of group facilitation, individual counseling, career planning, strategic planning, and team building. He has worked with an incredibly diverse range of clients, delivering workshops and train-the-trainer programs worldwide.
Through his programs—The Implicit Career Search, Working on Purpose, and Career Hero—Steve continues to inspire people to discover and use their unique contributions as the foundation for a successful, purpose-driven career.
She is also a Licensed Human Element Practitioner, having completed her training in New York with the Schutz Company. Denise has worked for BC Emergency Health Services for 30 years, currently serving as a Supervisor of Patient Transfer Services. Previously, she was a Primary Care Paramedic and Emergency Medical Dispatcher in various locations across the province.
A former City Councillor with the City of Salmon Arm, she holds an Advanced Certificate in Local Government Leadership and has collaborated with government stakeholders, non-profit agencies, and city staff to provide leadership for the city.
Denise has also volunteered internationally with Canadian Medical Assistance Teams on disaster relief deployments, including missions to Pakistan in 2010 and the Philippines in 2013.
After spending years feeling directionless in his career at multinational companies, Silviu spent five years searching for and developing a meaningful path. Now he helps motivated but overwhelmed millennials build purpose-driven careers.
Everyone has something unique to contribute to the world
Our work is based on the realizations around contribution that emerged from our research completed in 1990-1994:
Each of us has something unique to contribute to the world
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Each of us innately desires to make that contribution
Focusing on purpose, then strategy empowers us to deliver our contribution
Client stories
Hear from career professionals on the impact of Working On Purpose
Pars Larshans
Director of Human Resources, Max Burgers, recently voted one of the global ‘Top 100 Thought Leaders’ by ‘Trust Across America’ magazine.
Patricia Bowler
Project Manager / Trainer at MCC Employment & Community Development, Vancouver BC